Painting the Persian book of kings today
Subtitle: ancient text and modern images
By: editor, Manfred Milz; foreword by Charles Melville
Contributors: Contemporary Shahnama Millennium Exhibition (2010 : Prince's Foundation Gallery, London, England)
Publisher: Talking Tree Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780956746702
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Illustrations; Exhibitions; Persian Epic poetry; History and criticism
Description: "The work assembled in this show and its catalogue addresses a particular question, and one of peculiar insistence and even urgency -- it is a question frequently asked at present, and one to which various answers are available, with a variety of lofty words and rather less often with tangible proof. Essentially, the question is this -- 'what is the relevance today of a poem written a thousand years ago?'" -- Foreword.
Notes: Issued in connection with the Contemporary Shahnama Millennium Exhibition, held at the Prince's Foundation Gallery, London on November 16th, 2010.